From the Ontario Clean Air Alliance By Angela Bischoff, Director With Ontario on track for a huge increase in climate-damaging emissions from electricity production, the federal government’s proposed Clean Electricity Regulations couldn’t be more important. In a nutshell, the federal rules are a foll...
From the Ontario Clean Air Alliance By Angela Bischoff, Director On July 29th Fortis Inc. announced that it has suspended development activities and commercial negotiations with Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) for a contract to finance the building of a $1.7 billion transmiss...
Wasaga Beach Climate Action Team chairperson Kathleen Caswell says town council needs to create a climate action advisory committee sooner than later. From Simcoe.com, August 4, 2022 By Ian Adams Wasaga Beach could see a climate action committee in place by the next term of council. The timing of whe...
This image of a Russian serviceman guarding the plant was taken in May | Photo by ANDREY BORODULIN/AFP The World ☢ UN nuclear chief: Ukraine nuclear plant is `out of control’ The U.N. nuclear chief warned that Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine “is completely out of control”. More...
A satellite view of Lake Simcoe. Photo courtesy the Province of Ontario From the Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition By Claire Malcolmson, Executive Director We would like to start off by orienting you to what threatens Lake Simcoe’s health, what we’re doing about it, and what you can do to help. We are a ...
Be the Change Film Series continues on August 9 at the Collingwood Brewery...
The monarch butterfly is now red-listed as an endangered species. | David Hawke/OrilliaMatters From OrilliaMatters, July 31, 2022 By David Hawke Can bad news also be good news? How much spin does one need to apply to make a bad news story a good news story? This interpretation of an event is somewhat...
From Nature Canada, July 15, 2022 By Natasha Tucker, Mind Your Plastic Blogger You’ve probably heard the term “Circular Economy,” but do you know what it actually means? This term relates to how we use and dispose of materials, whether that’s the packaging that the items you buy come in or the produc...
Stock photoDonatello Trisolino via Pexels From OrilliaMatters, July 27, 2022 A Letter to the Editor This letter is in response to a letter regarding farmland preservation, published July 26. Mike Douglas, of Ramara, writes a cogent letter regarding preserving farmland in southern Ontario. My MSc is i...
Stock Image From OrilliaMatters, July 19, 2022 NEWS RELEASE FORESTS ONTARIO Forests Ontario and its partners planted 2.5 million native tree seedlings across the province this season as part of its 50 Million Tree Program. This brings Forests Ontario’s program total to 36.7 million trees planted, cre...
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